Olive Branch Network
A protocol that enables users to stake tokens while directing a portion of rewards to verified nonprofits. It combines staking incentives, transparent governance, and philanthropic impact in a decentralized system.
Mission Statement:
Make the world a better place by empowering nonprofits through creating a harmonious relationship between them and their communities.
Protocol Overview
What Is the Olive Branch Network?
The Olive Branch Network is a staking protocol on Base that allows users to earn OBN rewards while supporting real nonprofit organizations.
How It Works
Choose a nonprofit pool
Each staking pool is connected to a nonprofit wallet. Every pool offers the same protocol APY, allowing users to choose based on mission rather than reward rate.
Stake OBN
Deposit OBN into the selected pool through the OBN App using a Base-compatible wallet.
Rewards are generated and divided
The protocol creates rewards according to its emission schedule and distributes them using a fixed formula written into the staking contract.
Earn, claim, or withdraw
Stakers earn their share of the rewards and may claim rewards or withdraw unlocked stake through the app.
Reward Split
Every time staking rewards are distributed, the protocol uses the same fixed split:
Stakers
Selected Nonprofit
ExtendOliveBranch
TheOffering
The 10% nonprofit share is distributed through normal staking activity. The two 1% streams accumulate throughout the year and are directed through AnnualGovernance.
Emission Schedule
OBN uses a declining reward schedule. Rewards begin higher and gradually decrease as the network matures.
| Time Period | Protocol APY |
|---|---|
| Years 1–2 | 10% |
| Years 3–4 | 7.5% |
| Years 5–6 | 5% |
| Years 7–8 | 2.5% |
| Years 9–10 | 1.25% |
The ten-year schedule gives the network a predictable foundation. Future emission phases may be directed through governance.
Annual Governance
TheOffering & ExtendOliveBranch
The protocol’s two governance vaults give stakers a direct role in deciding how protocol-level emissions are handled each annual cycle.
Under the planned governance update, eligible voters will be stakers who have OBN staked and an OliveNFT deposited in the governance vault from the same wallet at the annual snapshot.
The snapshot records eligibility and staked OBN before voting opens. Both voting phases will use that same snapshot, so later deposits or withdrawals will not change eligibility or voting power for that cycle.
Voting power will be based on the square root of each eligible wallet’s total staked OBN across all pools. More stake means more voting power, with a smaller increase for each additional OBN staked.
TheOffering
Burn or Give
TheOffering receives 1% of staking emissions throughout the year. Eligible voters vote to either permanently burn the accumulated OBN or transfer it to ExtendOliveBranch for additional nonprofit funding.
Reduce the total OBN supply.
Increase the annual nonprofit distribution.
ExtendOliveBranch
Select a Nonprofit
ExtendOliveBranch also receives 1% of staking emissions throughout the year. Eligible voters vote to select which approved nonprofit receives its full accumulated balance.
If Give wins the vote for TheOffering, that balance is added to the ExtendOliveBranch distribution.
How the Annual Cycle Works
Rewards accumulate
Throughout the cycle, 1% of emissions flows into TheOffering and 1% flows into ExtendOliveBranch.
Vote to burn or give
Eligible voters decide whether TheOffering is burned or transferred to ExtendOliveBranch.
Choose a nonprofit
Eligible voters select which approved nonprofit receives the accumulated ExtendOliveBranch balance.
Execute the outcome on-chain
Once voting concludes, the governance result is executed directly through the protocol’s smart contracts.
Key Characteristics
Fixed Reward Split
The 88 / 10 / 1 / 1 distribution is built directly into the staking contract.
Equal APY Across Pools
Users choose nonprofit pools based on mission rather than different reward rates.
On-Chain Transparency
Contracts, staking activity, governance decisions, and reward flows can be publicly verified on Base.
Nonprofit Support
Each pool connects protocol rewards to a real nonprofit wallet.
Community Governance
Eligible voters help determine annual supply policy and nonprofit distributions.
Predictable Emissions
The protocol follows a transparent reward schedule that declines over time.
On-Chain Impact
Big Ideas, Real Impact
Protocol statistics indexed directly from the Base blockchain.
Active Stakers
—wallets staking OBN
Total Staked
—OBNacross all nonprofit pools
Total Contributed
—OBNto nonprofits
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